The Pleasure of Reading to Children
My greatest pleasure, when substituting for the younger grades, is reading to the class. I was lucky enough to enjoy this privilege when my own children were in grade school. …
The Gift of Thanks
The joy of substituting, every once in a while, you reach someone and help them to understand concepts in review when the teacher leaves work. High school geometry. Multi-step word …
Grammar Geek Turns Algebra Nut
I’ve found that I love demonstrating those long algebra problems on the board for the students when I substitute for math classes. You know the problems. They go all the …
Cluttered Desks, A Substitute’s Nightmare
Substitutes don’t have time to mine the teacher’s desk for classwork or the correct textbooks to use for the lesson plan at hand. Students need to be on task, …
Go Play Outside
A typical mother statement. Whenever the weather was fine–or just not raining–my mother sent us outside to play. And we were happy. At my house, when it is not raining, …
It’s a Media Center
This is the hard part. I grew up in libraries. When I am surrounded by books, I’m in a library. But when I substitute for the elementary school Librarian–I mean …